Makbule Abasıyanık (1883 – 22 January 1963) was a Turkish female writer and philanthropist.

Biography

Makbule Abasıyanık was born in 1883. As the mother of the short story writer Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906 – 1954), she influenced him in his works. After the death of her son, Makbule Abasıyanık established the "

Sait Faik Short Story Award The Sait Faik Short Story Award is a prize given annually by the Sait Faik Museum to the best collection of short stories in Turkish. The award has been given annually since 1955 and was started by the mother of Sait Faik Abasıyanık Sait Fa ...

" in 1959, and turned their residence on Burgazada, Istanbul into the Sait Faik Abasıyanık Museum the same year. She died in Istanbul on 22 January 1963, and was interred at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery next to her son's grave.

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